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PorkPie

Jon,

myself, I had never the chance to be at a Shootout when Tom run for FIA.

But I got pictures of his turntable....this pictures are from our Ray the Rat.....his wish was that I take care for all his photo material....
therefore I bought two state of the art external HD for the backup's of that data....Ray's original HD just gave up two minutes after I had the last data copied....means right on time

So I got all photos from Ray, also the famous jump from Tom when he came into the pits under running engine when his parachute had failed....


Quote from: Seldom Seen Slim on August 23, 2023, 02:45:25 PM
Thomas, have you got any photos of the turntable that the Burklands used at one of the early the Shootouts?  I don't - but remember how Tom would coast into the pits after his down run, and aim the car up a little incline and then come to a stop on the raised surface.  The floor was a turntable (like a railroad roundhouse) with room enough along the sides for crew members to service it while at the same time the whole shebang was rotated 180 degrees - - and now pointing in the correct direction for the return run.  No precious time used to turn the car!

All to try to beat the 1 hour clock.  And George Poteet had the chute designed to allow him enough speed to coast into his pit and come to a stop with minimum braking or chasing with the truck.

No doubt other racers have worked to save time, too.
Pork Pie

Photoartist & Historian & 200 MPH Club Member (I/GL 202.8 mph in the orig. Bockscar #1000)

PorkPie

Thanks for the data

you right, they was on the SCTA website but than they disappeared...and I knew that I had download them....

yesterday, finally, I found them...the file map was in a complete wrong world of my archive....no idea how that happens...
but I found all...runs/qualifier/return/record/entry.....I will pack them the right way and get them on the right place in my archive....

if you need the complete pack, let me know


Quote from: TrickyDicky on August 24, 2023, 03:05:27 AM
I messed up the attachments  muutt

Second attempt.
Pork Pie

Photoartist & Historian & 200 MPH Club Member (I/GL 202.8 mph in the orig. Bockscar #1000)